1973 Soviet economic reform
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The 1973 Soviet economic reform was an economic reform initiated by Alexei Kosygin, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers. During Leonid Brezhnev's rule of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,
Alexei Kosygin (right) shaking hands with Romanian communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu on 22 August 1974
The history of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, referred to as the Brezhnev Era, covers the period of Leonid Brezhnev's rule of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. This period began with high
Leonid Brezhnev speaking at 18th Komsomol Congress opening (25 April 1978)
Alexei Kosygin, a member of the collective leadership, with Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States, at the 1967 Glassboro Summit Conference
Dmitriy Ustinov, Minister of Defense from 1976 to 1984, dominated Soviet national security policy alongside Andrei Gromyko and Yuri Andropov during the final years of Brezhnev's rule.
Mikhail Gorbachev, as seen in 1985. Along with Grigory Romanov he was, in contrast to the norm, one of the young members elected to top positions during the Brezhnev Era